TWIT: The Stigmata of Donald Christ

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BC Idonwanna sez: Give Orange Whiner truth serum!

Still More: As expected, the MAGA Court gave Don the Con a level of comfort today by ruling that he is entitled to immunity for official acts while in office.  The problem is that most of his acts in aiding the insurrection were unofficial, but the DC District Court will have to determine which acts are within the scope of his official immunity on remand.  Theoretically, a fact finding hearing could be held by Judge Chutkin before the election in November, but it would be a tight squeeze.  His lawyers will take every opportunity to delay the process until after the election.  There is an even chance the prosecution will be quashed after that. 

The decision overrules both the DC Circuit Court of Appeals and the DC District Court that found no immunity for Trump's actions leading up to the storming of the Capitol.  Corrupt Justice Clarence Thomas took the opportunity to also attack the legitimacy of Jack Smith's appointment as Special Counsel.  No other justice joined in that opinion.  Dissenting Justice Sotomayor compared today's decision to the one that found WWII interment of Japanese-Americans constitutional; writing it is an abusive expanse of executive power that creates a "law free zone" around the President.  The MAGA majority's bias is as plain to see as the robes they wear, and they are not above destroying democracy to protect their strongman from criminal prosecution.

{27.06.24 } Latest: The MAGA Court threw out the conviction of a Pennsylvania police officer who participated in the January 6th insurrection in a 6-3 decision. The case will impact other insurrectionists charged with obstruction of an official proceeding under 18 U.S.C. 1512. The majority, which included former defense attorney Jackson-Barrett, found that the statute applies only to documents, records or other objects used in an official proceeding. Hundreds of insurrectionist convictions for obstruction did not use such documentation or records and will be eventually overturned. The minority opinion was joined by Coney-Barrett.  Their opinion relied on §1512(c)(2) that applies to defendants who "otherwise intended to impede or influence an official proceeding". Clearly that is the case of rioters who stormed the Capitol in an attempt to stop the Electoral vote count. Once again the conservative majority shows how their strict constructionism applies when its suits their desired result.  How the decision will impact Trump's prosecution remains to be determined.  He is charge with two counts of obstruction, but he is alleged to have allowed false voter certifications (records) to be submitted to Congress.

More: If voters learned something from the optical event that occurred on Thursday night it is that Joe Biden in an elderly man who stutters, and 180º Donald Trump is a congenital liar. So what else is new? The best line from Joe Biden was, "You have the morals of an ally cat." True. The best line from Trump was, "I did not have sex with a porn star." False. Clearly Biden's handlers did not get the performance they were hoping for from their candidate, but he did manage to stand up for ninety minutes and respond more directly to questions than his opponent. He occasionally got lost in relating his statistical factoids.  Biden has the best record of legislative accomplishments in recent decades. He ended a forever war, the longest in American history. He rejoined the Paris Climate Accords and invested heavily in US infrastructure. Don the Con has almost no accomplishments except giving the ultra-rich more tax breaks; building a damaging, porous folly in the desert; restricting women"s bodily autonomy; and attempting to overthrow democracy. Mature voters should know performance in office matters.

BC Idonwanna sez: Don't forget his belt and necktie!

{25.06.24}Yes, folks the man has descended into undeniable delusional absurdity: he offered to show a zealous fundamentalist crowd in Washington, D.C. the wounds all over his "beautiful body".   But the wounds he suffers are mental, not physical, and mostly self-inflicted.  That this demented criminal can be considered fit to serve in the highest public office with a finger on the nuclear trigger is an indictment of the American political system. US Person extends his sympathy to Joe Biden, who has to stand for 90 minutes and 'debate' a demonic lunatic. 

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Wackydoodle sez: And tax breaks to boot!